How do you do an end-of-month review of your tarot journal?

Reserve a block of thirty to sixty minutes in the last days of the month. Open the journal (/diario), where readings are saved with date, cards and notes, and if you like, keep a notebook beside you for your conclusions.

Before reading, write one sentence about how the month went for you, without consulting the cards. That way you can later compare your memory with what the record actually shows.

If your journal is nearly empty, do not scold yourself. A month with few readings also tells a story, perhaps of a busy routine, of rest or of choosing other ways to take care of yourself, and that deserves to be noticed gently.

Start with the simple numbers: how many readings you did, which card appeared most and whether there were many reversed cards. The journal shows the total number of readings and the most frequent card, which saves you the manual count.

Then move from the numbers to the questions. Notice what you asked about most, because that says more about your month than the cards themselves.

If a card showed up four times, it is tempting to call it a message. In a 78-card deck, repetitions happen by chance, and the most honest move is to treat them as a question: what does this image stir up in me?

Also write down the readings that did not pan out. A journal that only keeps the hits tells a prettier story than the real one.

To finish, draw three cards with simple questions: what I learned, what I want to let go of and what I carry into next month. Write down your impression before looking up any meaning.

Record the spread in your journal with the date of the last day of the month. Next month, it will be the first entry you reread.